Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Karaikal disburses ₹63,495 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 778.8 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 71% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Karaikal, which ranks 2 of 2 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 22.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.6%, women-owned enterprises at 30.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Karaikal are in the Karaikal district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Karaikal youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.